I’m as much of a history junkie as I am a basketball fan. I never had any intention of doing this much on Trump on this basketball blog, but then again I never in my wildest dreams imagined 60 million Americans would cast their vote for this con artist. It’s like driving and not being able to take your eyes off a car burning on the shoulder of a road.
The comparisons to Nixon aren’t totally fair. Nixon was extremely qualified to ascend to the presidency with a resume on a par with Bush 41. Nixon was perhaps the most learned contemporary president in regards to foreign policy and completely understood what China was going to become.
In this regard, comparing Trump to Nixon is completely unfair to Nixon in that Trump isn’t qualified to hold any office, let alone the presidency. In all candor, I wouldn’t want Caligula Lite serving on my HOA Board of Directors. Trump’s true political calling would have been perhaps being the President of the Atlantic City Strip Bar Owners Association. This would have been his wheelhouse. But then again, we all should have been alarmed when Sarah Palin garnered the GOP vice-presidential nomination in 2008. That was the engine light going red, we as a nation just didn’t heed the warning. I’ll get to her in a day or two in between Thunder games because I think the Palin experience is completely relevant to Trump. I cannot imagine Richard Nixon’s reaction to Sarah Palin, well, actually, I can, but I’m not in a mood to litter half a dozen F bombs on here this morning.
Clearly, as every layer of the Russian thing peels off like an onion, it’s hard not to think of Nixon and Watergate.
Nixon was always a fascinating interview. Always articulate and the complete polar opposite of the rogue idiot Trump.
Here’s a bit of Nixon on Cross Fire in 1982 talking about a myriad of topics. I find the latter part of this to be most interesting as Nixon discusses Eisenhower and the chain of command and falling on the sword.
For those who think I might be going a little too tough on Trump, it’s real simple–he needs to show his tax returns as a starting point since every president since Gerald Ford has done as much. Not a complex thing if you have nothing to hide.
God, I love this scene.
Interview with Nixon, was fascinating! Thanks, Mike!